Anto provides the Guardian puzzle today.
Independent 11465 / Knut
I haven’t blogged a Knut puzzle for a while, so it was good to see his name on today’s Independent crossword. AS is often the case, I solved a Tuesday puzzle … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,465 by JASON
Some chewy clues today from Jason . . .
Margaret Irvine Funeral *update*
Nutmeg’s funeral *update 2023-07-11* Ref: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2023/06/28/rip-nutmeg/ I believe that the funeral service will be broadcast by Zoom and I will post Zoom links as soon as I can. In the meantime, Margaret’s life-long … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,464 by PEDROCK
PEDROCK brings a whimsical start to this working week…
Guardian Quiptic 1,234/Pasquale
Well, as easy as one-two-three [four], I would aver. But I said that last time I blogged Pasquale, and most folk differed. So over to you … Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
Independent 11,464 by Filbert
Monday rolls around and Filbert once again starts us off.
Guardian Cryptic 29,118 by Brendan
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29118.
Everyman 4,002
I was wondering whether I would be able to blog this when I solved it last Sunday but we seem to up again. I’ll be away and unable to fix up any errors when this is published.
Independent on Sunday 1,741/Italicus
The Sunday offering this week from the Independent is a crossword from Italicus. I found this to be a pleasing puzzle which fell out nicely after I made initial inroads into it. Abbreviations … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,663 – Competition Puzzle
I’m afraid this puzzle defeated me. I think I have all the answers, but there are two where I am sure the answer’s right, but I couldn’t parse (SASTRA and TEAN), and one (INTROLD) where I’m not sure of the answer becasue I can’t find a definition that matches the clue.
This was tougher than most of the recent Azed’s I’ve had to blog, and it saw me referring more than normal to Chambers, where I found a load of words that I had never come across before, among them FINNAC, CHI-RHO, SASTRA, INTROLD, JARULS, KAHAL and RAHU. I was so disprited that I didn’t even try to come up with a clue for SONDAGE.
Thanks Azed
A message from Sil
A message from Sil van den Hoek Early last week I was pleasantly surprised, read: delighted, to find a lovely card in my mailbox, sent from the S and B gathering in Nottingham. … Read more >>
Independent 11,463 by Serpent
Early July and the Serpent slithers a puzzle towards us. And enjoyably devious as one has grown to expect. Always refreshing. Clues of note in my opinion are 10ac and 20dn for their … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,457 by Neo
Weekend puzzle from the FT of July 1, 2023
Guardian Prize 29,111 / Paul
A nice fun puzzle from Paul with his usual mix of wit and cunning. It’s hard for me to assess how hard these are these days as I’m definitely getting less smart, but … Read more >>